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Tickets for the Barton Community College theater department's next production, The "Last Five Years," will go on sale Monday in the Fine Arts Office. The office is open weekday afternoons 1:30-5:30 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased at the Barton County Arts Council, 1401 Main St., Great Bend from 1:30-5 p.m. on weekdays.

The Park Booster Club will host Bingo Night on Friday, April 20, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Park Elementary School gym. Participants can purchase pizza, drink, cookie and two cards for $5. Additional cards, food and drinks may be purchased separately. There will be a grand prize $150 blackout sponsored by AIL and a $100 blackout sponsored by A One Automotive/Kern Floor Covering.

At 9:22 p.m. Thursday, Great Bend firefighters were dispatched to a possible structure at 1401 18th St. Upon arrival they found light smoke in the residence. Chief Mike Napolitano said the owner had been using an outdoor fireplace that was under an awning against the house and a small fire had started under the wood deck it was sitting on.

Jennifer Jones, patient services manager of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Wichita, will be the guest speaker at the next Touched By Cancer Support Group meeting, set for 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at the Heartland Cancer Center.

Microsoft Excel is arguably the most widely used software in the entire world to create, view and otherwise utilize spreadsheets, and Barton Community College's Silver Cougar Club is offering a chance to learn all about it with a course scheduled for 1-4 p.m. on Wednesdays, April 18 through May 30 at the Great Bend One Stop Center, 1025 Main St. in room D-107.

The Great Bend Recreation Commission will tour the new GB Sports Complex during its meeting at 4 p.m. Monday at the Carl Soden Recreation Center. The board will take action on GBRC's insurance renewal.

Barton County K-State Research and Extension is hosting a Hazardous Occupations Training again this year. This event is for anyone age 14-15 years of age who plans to do farm work for someone other than a parent or legal guardian. This course is a requirement of the U.S. Department of Labor.